Over 40,000 votes for Cheshire’s Finest #Blog
Lisa Edwards
21st March 2017
Now in our 18th year we are delighted to announce the nominations for the Taste Cheshire Awards.
Over 40,000 votes were cast in what was yet another amazing voting period. Last year we exceeded 30,000 votes and thought that would take some beating, but we have again exceeded that figure. People simply love to vote for their favourite place to eat, drink and buy the very best produce the county has to offer. Now comes the hard part for our judges!
Nominees in each of the 14 categories will now be mystery dined and shopped by our judging panel, who have the difficult job of finding the winners. We wish to congratulate all of the nominees, who have already achieved the most important part in this process – ‘The recognition from their customers’.
The nominations in each category are :
Local Produce Shop of the Year
Applegates
Cheerbrook Farm Shop
The Hollies Farm Shop
The Lambing Shed Farm Shop
2017 Festival Sausage Competition
Cottom Foods of Widnes
David Joinson, Chester
Ernest W Edge & Son, Handbridge
Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, Hawarden
Pen y Lan Pork
R F Burrows, Bunbury
Young Chef Challenge
James Higgins, South Cheshire College
Matthew Evans, South Cheshire College
Melissa Brown, West Cheshire College
Richard Postles, South Cheshire College
Family Friendly Venue of the Year
Coffee Tots Play café, Chester
Hickory’s Smokehouse, Chester
The Faulkner, Hoole
The White Horse, Chester Racecourse
Best Use of Local Produce in A Menu
George and Dragon, Holme Chapel
The Chefs Table, Chester
The Chester Fields
The Pheasant Inn, Tattenhall
Best Sandwich Shop
Bloom, Nantwich
Doorsteps, Handbridge
Monks Delicatessen, Runcorn
The Cheshire Sandwich Company, Chester
Best Newcomer
Elephant Bank, Neston
Machine House, Rossett
Olive Tree Brasserie, Chester
The Galley, Ellesmere Port
Best Deli
DeFine Food and Wine, Sandiway
Deli Vert, Hoole
Monks Delicatessen, Runcorn
Whitmore and White, Frodsham
Best Café
Benty Farm Tearooms, Wirral
Elephant Lounge, Parkgate
Enzo, Nantwich
Little Yellow Pig, Chester
Best Bar
Barlounge, Chester
Liquor and Co, Chester
Red door, Chester
The Boardroom, Chester
The Suburbs, Hoole
Best Pub
George and Dragon, Holmes Chapel
Marlborough Arms, Chester
The Faulkner, Hoole
The Fishpool Inn, Delamere
The Pheasant Inn, Burwardsley
Excellence in Customer Care
Ginger’s Wine Bar, Chester
H.E. Cowards, Frodsham
Little Tap, Tarporley
Piste, Tarporley
Best Small Restaurant
Chime Hartford, Northwich
Cornichon at the Gunnery, Tarvin
Piste, Tarporley
The Chefs Table, Chester
The Yard, Chester
Best Large Restaurant
Hickory’s Smokehouse, Chester
George and Dragon, Holmes Chapel
Olive Tree Brasserie, Chester
The Chester Fields, Chester
The Royal Oak, Kelsall
This year’s winners will be joining an illustrious role of honour when presented with their awards at our Gala Awards Dinner on the 19th April in the Pavilion at Chester Racecourse. It is the climax of the food and drink season after the Chester Food Drink and Lifestyle Festival, brought to you by Allington Hughes Law, where over 30,000 people will focus on the city for this annual event.
